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CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
Format	News
Created by	Don Hewitt
Presented by	Katie Couric (2006–present) Bob Schieffer (2005–2006) Connie Chung (1993–1995) Dan Rather (1981–2005) Walter Cronkite (1962–1981) Douglas Edwards (1948–1962)
Country of origin	USA
No. News is any new information or information on Current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or Word of mouth Don S Hewitt (born Donald Hewitt, December 14 1922) is an American television news producer and executive best known for creating Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American Journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC Bob Lloyd Schieffer (born February 25, 1937) is an American Constance Yu-Hwa "Connie" Chung Povich ( born August 20, 1946) is an American journalist who has been an anchor and reporter Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather Jr (born October 31, 1931) is a journalist and former news anchor for the CBS Evening News Walter Leland Cronkite Jr (born November 4 1916) is a retired American broadcast journalist, best known as Anchorman for the Douglas Edwards ( July 14, 1917 &mdash October 13, 1990) was America 's first network news television anchor, anchoring The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of episodes	15,509 (as of April 28, 2008)
Production
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials, 1963–present) 15 minutes (including commercials, 1948–1963)
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	August 15, 1948 (as CBS Television News), 1951 (as Douglas Edwards with the News), September 2, 1963 (as CBS Evening News) – present

CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed The year 1948 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1948. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963. The year 1948 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1948.

Currently, CBS Evening News is anchored on weekdays by Katie Couric, on Saturdays by Thalia Assuras, and on Sundays by Russ Mitchell. Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American Journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC Thalia Assuras (born February 5, 1951) is a Canadian -born television Journalist and News anchor who has Russ Mitchell (born on March 25, 1960 in St Louis MO) is the news anchor of The Early Show on CBS.

1 The Douglas Edwards era (1948-1962)
2 The Walter Cronkite era (1962-1981)
3 The Dan Rather era (1981-2005)
- 3.1 The Dan Rather & Connie Chung era (1993-1995)
4 The Bob Schieffer Interim Period (March 2005-August 2006)
5 The Katie Couric era (2006-present)
6 Weekend editions
7 Broadcasts outside the U.S.
8 Correspondents
9 Credits
10 See also
11 References
12 External links

The Douglas Edwards era (1948-1962)

CBS began broadcasting news shows on Saturday nights, expanding to two nights a week in 1947. The year 1947 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1947. May 3, 1948 Douglas Edwards began "The CBS-TV News," a regular 15-minute nightly newscast later named "Douglas Edwards with the News. " It is broadcast weeknights at 7:30 PM and is the first regularly scheduled television news program. The week's news stories were recapped Sunday night with Newsweek in Review. The name was later shortened to Week in Review and the show was moved to Saturday.

In 1950, the name of the nightly news was changed to Douglas Edwards with the News. The year 1950 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1950. When in 1951 it became the first news program to be broadcast on both coasts, thanks to a new coaxial cable connection, Edwards started using the greeting "Good evening everyone, coast to coast. Coaxial cable is a cable consisting of an inner conductor surrounded by a tubular insulating layer typically made from a flexible material with a high Dielectric constant, all "^[1]

The program competed against the Camel News Caravan on NBC, launched in 1949. The Camel News Caravan was a 15 minute prime time American television news program aired by NBC from 1949 to 1956 The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The year 1949 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1949. Edwards attracted more viewers during the mid-1950s, but lost ground when Chet Huntley and David Brinkley were teamed up by NBC on the Huntley-Brinkley Report. Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley ( December 10, 1911 - March 20, 1974) was an American Television newscaster David McClure Brinkley ( July 10 1920 &ndash June 11 2003) was an American Newscaster for NBC, and The Huntley-Brinkley Report (sometimes known as the Texaco Huntley-Brinkley Report for one of its early sponsors was the NBC

On November 30, 1956, the show became the first to use videotape; it was used to time delay broadcasts to the western U. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto Magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. S. ^[2]

The Walter Cronkite era (1962-1981)

Walter Cronkite took over the anchor chair in 1962. Walter Leland Cronkite Jr (born November 4 1916) is a retired American broadcast journalist, best known as Anchorman for the The year 1962 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1962. On September 2, 1963, CBS Evening News became network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, lengthened from its original 15 minutes to 30 minutes. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. The year 1963 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1963. News is any new information or information on Current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or Word of mouth

NBC's team of Chet Huntley and David Brinkley had the most-watched network news program at the time, but under Cronkite, the show began what would eventually become an eighteen-year period of dominating the nightly news ratings. Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley ( December 10, 1911 - March 20, 1974) was an American Television newscaster David McClure Brinkley ( July 10 1920 &ndash June 11 2003) was an American Newscaster for NBC, and ^[3] In the process, Walter Cronkite became an American icon, judged "the most trusted man in America" in a Gallup Poll from that era, a status that had first been fostered by his coverage of the JFK Assassination. The Gallup Poll is the division of Gallup that regularly conducts public Opinion polls in the United States and more than 140 countries around the world The assassination of John F Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday November 22 1963 in Dallas Texas

The newscast switched from black and white to color in 1965, as did many other shows. With the retirement of NBC's Huntley in 1970, Cronkite moved into the ratings lead and held it through the decade. Cronkite's image was further bolstered by his enthusiastic support for the space program, culminating with his anchoring of CBS News' coverage of the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969. CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS. The year 1969 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1969.

His 1968 editorial declaring that the United States could only hope for a stalemate in Vietnam is often credited with influencing Lyndon Johnson's decision to drop out of the Presidential race. "If I've lost Walter Cronkite," said Johnson, "I've lost the country. "

In late 1972, Cronkite prodded the show's producers to feature two nights of lengthy explanation of the Watergate scandal, which had been heavily covered by The Washington Post but had not received heavy national coverage. The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D After the first half of the report, shown on a Friday, ran for 14 minutes -- half of the air time of the broadcast -- White House officials complained to CBS founder William S. Paley. William Samuel Paley ( September 28, 1901 &ndash October 26, 1990) was the chief executive who built Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS Monday's report was aired, but only for six minutes.

Walter Cronkite retired from the broadcast March 6, 1981, under a CBS policy requiring mandatory retirement at age 65. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 CBS correspondent Dan Rather replaced Cronkite the following Monday.

The Dan Rather era (1981-2005)

Dan Rather, a CBS news correspondent since the early 1960s and a 60 Minutes reporter, took over the program in 1981, but he was not as well received as an anchorman as Cronkite had been, and by 1990, the show was third, behind ABC and NBC. Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather Jr (born October 31, 1931) is a journalist and former news anchor for the CBS Evening News Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. The year 1981 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1981. ^[3]

Concerns about excessive liberalism in the media were frequently leveled at Rather and CBS in general. Liberalism in the United States is a broad political and philosophical mindset favoring individual Liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty whether they come from Some of these concerns dated from Rather's position as White House correspondent for CBS News during the Nixon Administration. An interview related to the Iran-contra affair with then-Vice President George H.W. Bush where the two engaged in a shouting match on live television did little to dispel those concerns. The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal which was revealed in November 1986 as a result of earlier events during the Reagan administration. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 ^[4] Rather apologized for his behavior in statements the following day.

On Monday, September 1, 1986, Rather attempted to initiate a slogan, as his predecessor had "And that's the way it is. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) " Simply closing his broadcasts by saying "courage" after his closing remarks. On Wednesday, September 3 he said what he thought was the Spanish word for courage, pronouncing it "cur-AH-he. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius " This was heavily criticized and mocked in the media, and Rather abandoned it on Monday, September 8. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz ^[5]

On September 11, 1987, Dan Rather marched off the camera in anger when it appeared that CBS Sports' coverage of a US Open semifinal match was going to cut into time alloted for the Evening News. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States. The US Open Tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world first contested in 1881 Rather was in Miami covering the papal visit to the city. When the tennis match ended at 6:32 p. m. , Rather was nowhere to be found. Six minutes of dead air followed before he returned to the broadcast position. Surprisingly, nearly half of the audience watched and waited. He later suggested that his intention was to force the sports department to fill up the entire half-hour so that he wouldn't have to truncate their elaborately-planned coverage of a visit by Pope John Paul II. Pope Walter Cronkite was incensed, telling an interviewer, "I would have fired him. Walter Leland Cronkite Jr (born November 4 1916) is a retired American broadcast journalist, best known as Anchorman for the There's no excuse for it. "

On January 23, 1991, demonstrators from AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) broke into CBS using forged IDs and were heard chanting "Fight AIDS, not Arabs" during the show's introduction. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. ACT UP, or the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, "is a diverse non-partisan group of individuals. One person was seen on camera just as Dan Rather began speaking. Rather immediately called for a commercial break. ^[6]

The Dan Rather & Connie Chung era (1993-1995)

Connie Chung began co-anchoring the broadcast with Rather on June 1, 1993. Constance Yu-Hwa "Connie" Chung Povich ( born August 20, 1946) is an American journalist who has been an anchor and reporter Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) She both co-anchored in the studio, but also with either herself or Dan on location, and the other in the studio. Although Rather never said so publicly, CBS News insiders said he did not approve of her appointment. ^[7] Chung left in May 1995. The year 1995 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1995.

In 2005, Rather left the anchor position amidst controversy and a credibility crisis over false reports broadcast in the heat of the US Presidential election campaign. The year 2005 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2005. The false report was a September 2004 60 Minutes Wednesday segment questioning President George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard record. September 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August The year 2004 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2004. 60 Minutes II, also known as 60 Minutes Wednesday and 60 Minutes (see Name changes) was a weekly primetime Newsmagazine George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The Air National Guard ( ANG), often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the several states and The Pentagon challenged the authenticity of the Killian documents used for the report. The Pentagon is the Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. A number of bloggers analyzed scans of the documents, and rapidly concluded the documents were forgeries. Subsequently, CBS commissioned an independent inquiry into the matter. Although Rather denied this incident was the reason for his departure from the broadcast, the damaged credibility of the news division was evident. After his departure from the anchor chair, Rather worked on other CBS News programming as a correspondent before being fired by the network in 2006.

Dan Rather retired from the Evening News on March 9, 2005, at 7:00 eastern time, exactly 24 years after succeeding Cronkite. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America On June 20, 2006, CBS News President Sean McManus announced that Rather and CBS had agreed to end his 44-year career with the network. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Sean McManus may refer to Sean McManus (television executive Seán McManus (Irish priest See also

The Bob Schieffer Interim Period (March 2005-August 2006)

Rather was succeeded on an interim basis by longtime CBS News correspondent Bob Schieffer. Bob Lloyd Schieffer (born February 25, 1937) is an American Schieffer has hosted the CBS News Sunday morning political program Face the Nation, based in Washington, D.C., since 1991. Face the Nation is an American Sunday-morning political interview show which premiered on the CBS Television network on Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The year 1991 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1991.

At the time Schieffer took over, it was uncertain how long he would host the broadcast, or whether it would retain its current shape or instead adopt some kind of multiple-host or other alternative format.

Under Rather in the years leading up to his retirement, the show trailed its rivals at ABC and NBC by a fairly large margin. John Roberts, the White House correspondent and Scott Pelley, his predecessor in that position, were often mentioned as possible successors to Rather when he retired. John D Roberts (born November 15, 1956 in Toronto Ontario) is a television journalist for CNN, where he is a co-anchor of CNN See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence Scott Pelley (born July 28, 1957) is an American television journalist, currently working as a Correspondent for the CBS News Jim Axelrod took over as White House correspondent when Roberts later left for CNN. Jim Axelrod is the chief White House correspondent for CBS News, and reports for the CBS Evening News and other CBS News programs Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner

In the months following Rather's departure, the program came to emphasize live exchanges between Schieffer and the various CBS News correspondents around the world. In contrast to traditional network-news practice, these exchanges are unrehearsed as part of an effort to make the language on the broadcast sound more "natural," according to Schieffer. Viewership levels increased over this period of time. It became the only news broadcast to gain viewers during 2005.

In November 2005, CBS announced that Evening News executive producer Jim Murphy would be replaced by Rome Hartman, who took the helm over in early January 2006.

Schieffer led the CBS Evening News to become the #2 evening news broadcast, beating out ABC World News Tonight. World News with Charles Gibson (previously known as World News Tonight, often called ABC World News Tonight, also often abbreviated This came after a five-year period of being a distant third. The death of Peter Jennings in 2005 put the ABC News division in flux. Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29 1938 &ndash August 7 2005 was a Canadian-American Journalist and News anchor. This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American Some speculate Jennings's death as a major factor in the ground that CBS has gained in the ratings war. But when Charles Gibson was appointed as anchor at World News Tonight, ABC regained much of its momentum and is now the #1 evening news broadcast. This article refers to the TV journalist For other people with the same name see Charles Gibson (disambiguation.

Bob Schieffer's final broadcast of the newscast occurred on Thursday, August 31, 2006. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He was succeeded the following Tuesday by Katie Couric.

The Katie Couric era (2006-present)

On December 1, 2005, it was reported that Katie Couric, host of NBC's Today morning show, was considering CBS's offer to take over the CBS Evening News. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American Journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Today, also referred to as The Today Show, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on NBC. On April 1, 2006, Couric officially signed the deal to become the anchor of the CBS Evening News. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[8]

On April 5, 2006, Couric officially told the Today audience she would step down as co-anchor, a spot she had held for fifteen years, longer than any other Today Show anchor. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. There had been a great deal of speculation on whether she would leave a multi-million dollar contract with Today. To lure Couric away from NBC, CBS offered her the anchor post and additionally, the opportunity to become a contributor to 60 Minutes. Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. Couric is the first female to anchor a national network newscast solo and will also serve as the program's managing editor.

Many have criticized the move by CBS to promote Couric to the broadcast chair, questioning Couric's ability to deliver hard journalism after 15 years of entertainment and fluff segments on Today. Critics claim she lacks the weight to be a sole anchor of the CBS Evening News. Also, Couric has little experience doing live field reports from news hotspots nor any experience leading a news team as evening anchors have traditionally done. ^[9] Couric's supporters point to the fact that she was once a Washington deputy reporter on the Pentagon beat for NBC News, although this was over twenty years ago in the 1980s. ^[10]

Couric began working at CBS News in July 2006. The year 2006 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2006. During her first broadcast as anchor on Tuesday, September 5, 2006, new graphics, a new set, and a new theme composed by Academy Award winning composer James Horner were introduced; similar graphics and music would be pushed to other CBS News productions such as Up to the Minute, CBS Morning News, and The Early Show throughout the month of October. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance James Roy Horner (born August 14 1953) is an American Composer of orchestral and film music "Up To The Minute" is also a scoreboard segment on CBC 's " Hockey Night In Canada " CBS Morning News is the half-hour daily television broadcast from CBS News that airs following Up to the Minute. The Early Show is an American Television morning news Talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a A new opening title sequence was designed, with Walter Cronkite providing the voiceover. Title sequence generally refers to the method by which cinematic films or television shows present their title key cast and/or production members utilizing conceptual visuals Walter Leland Cronkite Jr (born November 4 1916) is a retired American broadcast journalist, best known as Anchorman for the The program also debuted a new feature called "Free Speech" in which different Americans, ranging from a well known national figure to an average person, would provide a news commentary. Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without Censorship or Limitation. ^[11] However, after overwhelmingly negative reaction, the "Free Speech" segment was discontinued.

The debut episode for Katie Couric nearly doubled the average audience the program had pulled in up until then, bringing in 13. 6 million viewers. Initially, the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric remained number one every night since its debut, with the exception of Monday, September 11, when it slipped back to third place. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul For the week of September 18 it dropped to second. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated However, as of mid-October 2006, the broadcast has slipped back into third place, at time trailing far behind the competitors. ^[12]

On March 8, 2007, the New York Times reported that executive producer Rome Hartman was being replaced by television news veteran Rick Kaplan. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Rick Kaplan, who served as President of CNN (1997-2000 and Senior Vice-President of ABC News (2003 was named President of MSNBC in February 2004 Hartman's last broadcast aired on March 7. Kaplan comes to the CBS Evening News after stints at MSNBC, CNN and ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29 1938 &ndash August 7 2005 was a Canadian-American Journalist and News anchor.

Since Katie Couric assumed the helm of the CBS Evening News, several correspondents have left the network for one reason or another, notably John Roberts, Jim Acosta, Lee Cowan and Trish Regan. On April 22, 2007, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that CBS News is thinking about replacing Katie Couric after the 2008 U.S. presidential elections. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily Newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4 2008 will be the 56th consecutive However, CBS executives have denied these reports. ^[13]

CBS, led by Les Moonves, has continued to offer their support of Couric through what the network has deemed a "transition period. " Recently, Couric and the production teams behind the broadcast have begun to re-focus their efforts on "hard news," which is demonstrated in Couric's recent trips to the Middle East. CBS continues to invest large sums of money into the broadcast, and seems confident of their choice in anchor. Couric's contract with the corporation continues to eliminate the possibility of an early replacement of her position as lead anchor.

Weekend editions

U. S. Network Evening News edit
	Program	Main Anchor
ABC	World News	Charles Gibson
CBS	Evening News	Katie Couric
NBC	Nightly News	Brian Williams
CNN	Situation Room	Wolf Blitzer
FNC	Fox Report Special Report	Shepard Smith Brit Hume
BBC	World News America	Matt Frei
HLN	Prime News	Mike Galanos
PBS	The NewsHour	Jim Lehrer
UNI	Noticiero Univision	Jorge Ramos Maria Elena Salinas

CBS correspondent Russ Mitchell anchors the Sunday edition of the CBS Evening News. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. World News with Charles Gibson (previously known as World News Tonight, often called ABC World News Tonight, also often abbreviated This article refers to the TV journalist For other people with the same name see Charles Gibson (disambiguation. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American Journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's NBC Nightly News is the flagship evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City. Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is the seventh anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner The Situation Room is an afternoon/early evening newscast on CNN hosted by Wolf Blitzer that first aired on August 8, 2005. The Fox Report is a fast-paced American nightly News program on Fox News Channel, hosted by Shepard Smith weekdays and Julie Special Report with Brit Hume is an American Television program appearing on Fox News Channel. Shepard Smith (born David Shepard Smith Jr on January 14, 1964) is an American TV news anchor. Alexander Britton "Brit" Hume Sr (born June 22, 1943) is the Washington D BBC America is an American Television network owned and operated by BBC Worldwide Americas, and available on both cable and satellite Matthias Frei (born 26 November, 1963) is the BBC 's Washington D Headline News is a Spin-off network from the original Cable News Network ( CNN) television news network in the United States. Prime News is a weeknight News program appearing on CNN Headline News. Mike Galanos is a News anchor for CNN Headline News. Based in CNN 's world headquarters in Atlanta, Galanos joined the network in May 2002 The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the For other uses see News Hour. The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is an evening Television News program broadcast James Charles "Jim" Lehrer (ˈlɛrɚ born May 19 1934) is an American journalist and the News anchor for The NewsHour Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States and Puerto Rico. Noticiero Univision ( Univision News) is the news division of the United States Spanish language television network Univision, along with the Jorge Ramos (born March 16, 1958) is a Mexican anchor of Noticiero Univision. María Elena Salinas (born 1954) is the co-anchor of Noticiero Univision with Jorge Ramos, the most watched newscast by American Hispanics CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Russ Mitchell (born on March 25, 1960 in St Louis MO) is the news anchor of The Early Show on CBS. Mitchell, along with Harry Smith, also currently substitutes for Couric on the weekday edition of the CBS Evening News. Harry Smith (born August 21, 1951 in Lansing Illinois) is a co-anchor for CBS ' The Early Show and the host of A&E

The Saturday editions of the CBS Evening News are anchored by Thalia Assuras. Thalia Assuras (born February 5, 1951) is a Canadian -born television Journalist and News anchor who has

Substitutes for the weekend edition include Tracy Smith, Harry Smith, Charles Osgood, Maurice DuBois, and Sharyn Alfonsi. Tracy Smith is a CBS News Correspondent Smith is a former Channel One News Anchor and Correspondent Harry Smith (born August 21, 1951 in Lansing Illinois) is a co-anchor for CBS ' The Early Show and the host of A&E Charles Osgood (born Charles Osgood Wood III on January 8, 1933) is a Radio and Television commentator in the United States. Maurice DuBois is co-anchor of CBS2 News This Morning with Kate Sullivan on WCBS-TV, CBS Sharyn Alfonsi is an on-air correspondent for ABC News. According to the Tyndall Report she was one of the most visible American journalists on television

Former anchors of the weekend newscasts include Dan Rather, Roger Mudd, Morton Dean, Bob Schieffer, Paula Zahn, John Roberts, Deborah Norville, Giselle Fernández, and Mika Brzezinski. Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather Jr (born October 31, 1931) is a journalist and former news anchor for the CBS Evening News Roger Mudd (born February 9, 1928, Washington DC) is an Emmy Award -winning U Morton Dean (born Morton Dubitsky in Fall River Massachusetts) is an American television news journalist who has worked for CBS News & ABC News since the mid-1960s Bob Lloyd Schieffer (born February 25, 1937) is an American Paula Zahn (born February 24, 1956 in Omaha Nebraska) is an American newscaster, most recently the host of Paula Zahn Now John D Roberts (born November 15, 1956 in Toronto Ontario) is a television journalist for CNN, where he is a co-anchor of CNN Deborah Norville (born August 8, 1958 in Dalton Georgia) is an American television broadcaster and journalist Giselle Fernández (born May 15, 1961) is an American Television Journalist. Mika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski (born May 2, 1967) is a television news journalist at MSNBC.

Broadcasts outside the U. S.

CBS Evening News is shown on Sky News to viewers in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Sky News is a rolling TV news channel providing 24 hour news coverage including the latest breaking news

In Australia, the bulletin is shown at 11. 30am Monday to Saturday, and at 12. 30pm on Sundays on Sky News Australia. Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour Cable and Satellite news channel available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television

CBS is not shown outside the Americas on a channel in its own right. However, CBS News is shown for a few hours a day on satellite channel Orbit News in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Orbit News is a 24 hour satellite and cable channel offering American news programming to viewers abroad primarily geared towards an Arab audience CBS Evening News is broadcast live on ATV World in Hong Kong daily (except on certain weekends). Asia Television Limited ( is one of the two free-to-air television broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders In the Philippines it is shown on Velvet Tues. to Sat. 10. 00am and 6. 30pm (local time).

Correspondents

Wyatt Andrews
Jim Axelrod
Jerry Bowen
Nancy Cordes
Lara Logan
Sharyl Atkisson
Sheila MacVicar
David Martin
Bob Orr
Elizabeth Palmer
Mark Phillips
Bill Whitaker

Credits

Weekdays

Anchor and Managing Editor:

Katie Couric

Executive Producer:

Rick Kaplan

Senior Broadcast Producer:

Christopher Dinan

Senior Producers:

Katie Boyle, Betty Chin, James McGlinchy, Marc Rosenwasser

Directors:

Eric Shapiro, Steve Besner, Chip Cooley

Producers:

Lori Beecher, Kevin Finnegan, David Frifield, Nicolla Hewitt, Mary Hood, Linda Karas, Catherine Kim, Dorie Klissas, Matt Lombardi, Tony Maciulis, Yvonne Miller-Halee, Karen Raffensperger, Taigi Smith, Andrew Wolff, Jennifer Yuille

In Washington Producers:

Andrea Bruce, Mark Katkov, Jeff Scott Goldman Mary Hager Robert Hendin, Max McClellan, Allyson Ross Taylor, Ward Sloane, Andres Triay, Mary Walsh, Carter Yang

Investigative:

Bert Rudman, Phil Hirschkorn, Wendy Krantz, Michael Ray

National News Editor:

WIlliam Felling

Writers:

Joe Clines, Mary Alice Williams

Associate Producers:

Chloe Arensberg, Josh Gross, Brian Goldsmith, Patrick Kiker, Michelle M. Jim Axelrod is the chief White House correspondent for CBS News, and reports for the CBS Evening News and other CBS News programs Lara Logan (born March 29, 1971) is a television and radio Journalist and War correspondent. Sheila MacVicar (born Montreal, Canada) is a television Journalist. David Martin or Dave Martin may refer to Politicians David Martin (Nebraska politician (1907–1997 Republican party U Bill Whitaker is an American television Journalist who reports for the CBS Evening News. Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American Journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC Rick Kaplan, who served as President of CNN (1997-2000 and Senior Vice-President of ABC News (2003 was named President of MSNBC in February 2004 Peltier, Jamie McGlinchy, Deborah Rubin

Coordinating Producer:

Melissa Smith

Associate Directors:

Scott Berger, Erin Hiner-Gee, Bob Rooney, Patty Smith, Jill Baker, Gail Barsky, Mark Farrington, Christopher George, Guya Patterson-Lloyd

Technical Directors:

William C. Phypers, Michael Carlucci, Jeff James,

Audio:

Rob Mabli, Tom Jimenez, Lee Solomon, Brian McGovern

Video:

Tom Crocker, Alan Schatz, Terry Wool

Electronic Graphics:

Ronald J. Riccardi, Michael Schussel

Electronic Still Store:

Mike Williams,

Studio Cameras:

Tyrone Jones, Dwight Brugo, Clarke Smith

Prompter:

Fred Rodriguez, Robyn Hartman, Robert Cauttero, Wade Karlquist,

Lighting Designers:

Dick Bryant, Jeff Lyle

Lighting Director:

James Brennan

Stage Manager:

Bud Corn

Stage Crew:

John Abbruzzese, James J. Brennan, Cedric Fearrington,

Videotape:

Malcolm Barnard, Randell Benjamin, Brian Cunningham, Trustum C. DeVoe, Bob Enrione, Tome Ferrante, Dan Ferraro, Gayle Fitzpatrick, Bryan Hopkins, Russ Johnson, Lee Kaminski, jeff Laing, Terrence R. Leitz, Ted Lewandowski, Robert Liotta, Douglas Manley, Walter Matwichuk, Paul Mueller, Mitch Oppenheim, Joe Palumbo, Mary Peatman, Charles Pesch, Ed Petrovits, Ron Prophete, Robert Simmons, Jan Lynn Sokota, Al Stilson, Alvin Stiney, Stevan Strom, Gayle Sunderland, James Talluto, Lynn Valenti, Bill Weinstein, Todd Weiss, Jerry Wholstetter

Editors:

Craig Crawford, Joe Frandino, Bob Green, Catherine Landers, Walt Leiding, Mike Mayberry, Tom McEneny, Tom Micklas, Ed Petrovits,

Production Associates:

Remick Benice, Jack McCloy

Broadcast Manager:

Maureen A. Cashin

Broadcast Associates:

Ariel Bashi, Candice Leonard, Victoria Thompson, Michele A. Filgate

Production Support:

Yael Marwah, Alexa Hirschfeld, Bacchus Johnson, Lauren Mitchell

Graphic Artists:

David Abbate, Brian Lapreziosa, Philip Mirante, Geri Papiernick, Shelley Pritchett, David Rosen, Ned Steinberg, Jared Thaler

Creative Director:

Bob Peterson

Production Design:

Debra L. Bryant

Operations Manager:

John Michael Pelech

In Wash. Assoc. Dir. :

Clyde Miles, Mary Frances Sirianne, Sue Ann Staake, Mark White

In Wash. Editors:

Phil Gillespie, Dan Radovsky, Michael Faulkner, Rob Blache, Kimberlee Shaffir, Charlie Wilson

In Wash. Tech. Dir. :

Alan Cassell, David Patsel, Karen Saint-Rossy, John Fantacone

In Wash. Switcher:

Karen Saint-Rossy, Donald Morgan

In Wash. Audio:

DC Sounfworks, Tom Albano, Frank Gilies

In Wash. Video:

DC Video, Inc. , Jerry Posey, Karen Saint-Rossy, David Patsel, Greg Shaffir

In L. A. Editors:

Gilbert LeVegue, Susan M. Ottalini, Maria Nicoletti, Frank Walters

Saturday Edition

Anchor:

Thalia Assuras, Kelly Wallace

Executive Producer:

Patricia Shevlin

Senior Producers:

Guy Campanile, John Mondello

Producers:

Michael Teng, Erica Zolberg, Carrie Rabin, Chris Hulme, Bonney Kapp, Susan Rucci, Kristen Muller, Heather Abbott

Director:

Chip Colley

Sunday Edition

Anchor:

Russ Mitchell

Executive Producer: